/**
 *    Copyright 2012 Geensoft S.A.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 **/
package ar.com.greensoft.neosystem.dao.searching;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.List;

import ar.com.greensoft.neosystem.dao.DaoException;
import ar.com.greensoft.neosystem.search.SearchFilter;

/**
 * @author Jorge E. Villaverde
 * @version 1.0.0
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
public interface DtoSearchableDao<Dto extends Serializable> {

	/**
	 * @param filter
	 * @param currentRow
	 * @param rows
	 * @return
	 */
	List<Dto> findDtoEntriesBySearchFilter(
			SearchFilter filter, 
			int startPosition, int maxResult,
			List<SortCriteria> sortCriterias) throws DaoException;

	/**
	 * @param currentRow
	 * @param rows
	 * @return
	 */
	List<Dto> findDtoEntries(int startPosition, int maxResult,
			List<SortCriteria> sortCriterias) throws DaoException;

	/**
	 * @return
	 */
	long countDto() throws DaoException;

	/**
	 * @param filter
	 * @return
	 */
	long countDtoBySearchFilter(SearchFilter filter) throws DaoException;
}
